THEA 2012 Lecture 1: Jan 7 - Intro to EMT.docx
18 Feb 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Renaissance period: renewal of interest in works of classical greece and rome. Italian scholars rediscovered lost classical texts: previously, artists, writers, and scholars had focused on biblical subjects, now, the classics became acceptable subjects for art and study. Plays about seeing how we can use the drama of the past in the present. Italian scholars adapted roman plays for performance at university performed in. Italians began to write new italian plays in the classical style: emergence of roman-style tragedies based in ancient myths of greece and rome, roman-style comedies set in modern italy modernizing the settings. All of these styles are called academic theatre because they were usually written by scholars and students. They were performed on temporary stages in palaces or universities. Similar forms of theatre appearing in other countries as well. In 1498, european scholars rediscovered aristotle"s poetics, the major work of greek dramatic theory published in this year.
